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Monday Morning Thoughts: Critics Are Right, Kamala Harris Not a Reformer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Critics Are Right, Kamala Harris Not a Reformer

Ironically, a few moments ago the news came out – that Kamala Harris, California Senator and the second b ...

Ironically, a few moments ago the news came out – that Kamala Harris, California Senator and the second black woman to serve in the US Senate, will run for President in 2020. The NY Times said this m ...

January 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Conservative Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Conservative Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform

Since July, the American Conservative has an ongoing series of currently 12 articles in collaboration wit ...

Since July, the American Conservative has an ongoing series of currently 12 articles in collaboration with the R Street Institute exploring conservative approaches to criminal justice reform. Here is ...

December 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Long Sentences Handed Out in Robbery Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2018
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Long Sentences Handed Out in Robbery Case

Last week, a Yolo County judge sentenced Ricky Hernandez to 43 years and Josh Cadenaz-Lopez to 56 years f ...

Last week, a Yolo County judge sentenced Ricky Hernandez to 43 years and Josh Cadenaz-Lopez to 56 years for their role in a series of robberies in West Sacramento in 2016. The prosecution had sought ...

November 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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How Our Local Legislators Fared on Police and Criminal Justice Reform Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2018
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How Our Local Legislators Fared on Police and Criminal Justice Reform Issues

It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The ACLU ...

It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The ACLU of California just issued a legislative scorecard on issues they endorsed and showed how all o ...

October 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Brown Signs New Law to Help the Wrongfully Convicted

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 04, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs New Law to Help the Wrongfully Convicted

(From Press Release) - On Sunday evening Senate Bill 1050, authored by State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell ...

(From Press Release) - On Sunday evening Senate Bill 1050, authored by State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The bill provides transitional assistan ...

October 04, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Post-Conviction Discovery Bill

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|Date: September 20, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Post-Conviction Discovery Bill

New Law Provides Innocent People Access to Materials Available at Trial (From Press Release)— Governor Je ...

New Law Provides Innocent People Access to Materials Available at Trial (From Press Release)— Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law sponsored by the California Innocence Coalition, a group made ...

September 20, 2018
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California Legislature Approves Historic Bill to Prevent Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: September 02, 2018
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California Legislature Approves Historic Bill to Prevent Wrongful Convictions

(From Press Release) - On Friday, the California Assembly approved legislation that will help prevent wro ...

(From Press Release) - On Friday, the California Assembly approved legislation that will help prevent wrongful convictions. Senate Bill 923, introduced by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), will ...

September 02, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Trump Doesn’t Really Care that Flipping Corrupts Justice

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Trump Doesn’t Really Care that Flipping Corrupts Justice

One of the biggest challenges in the criminal justice system and a leading cause of wrongful convictions ...

One of the biggest challenges in the criminal justice system and a leading cause of wrongful convictions is the use of informants, who have something to gain as witnesses in criminal proceedings. Las ...

August 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Way Forward for Criminal Justice Reform If the DA Wants It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2018
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Commentary: A Way Forward for Criminal Justice Reform If the DA Wants It

This week, the Vanguard column, supported by information from across the country, created a bit of a stir ...

This week, the Vanguard column, supported by information from across the country, created a bit of a stir with correspondence coming in locally. Looking at Philadelphia as a model for criminal justic ...

August 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Death Penalty is Almost Gone…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Death Penalty is Almost Gone…

I have to admit that I was surprised, both in 2012 and 2016, that the death penalty was allowed to remain ...

I have to admit that I was surprised, both in 2012 and 2016, that the death penalty was allowed to remain intact by California voters. After all, we don't really have a death penalty in California – ...

August 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: System Incapable of Extricating Itself from a Potential Wrongful Conviction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: System Incapable of Extricating Itself from a Potential Wrongful Conviction

The question has been asked so many times and in so many different ways – how can we put so many people i ...

The question has been asked so many times and in so many different ways – how can we put so many people in prison for crimes that they did not commit? There have been some good answers offered, but a ...

July 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Police Misconduct and Wrongful Conviction Bills Advance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 31, 2018
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Police Misconduct and Wrongful Conviction Bills Advance

California Senate Advances “Right to Know” Police Transparency Legislation with Bipartisan Support SB 142 ...

California Senate Advances “Right to Know” Police Transparency Legislation with Bipartisan Support SB 1421 will open California police use of force records and records of officers found guilty of comm ...

May 31, 2018
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Commentary: How Prosecutors Can Serve on the Front Lines in the War against Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2018
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Commentary: How Prosecutors Can Serve on the Front Lines in the War against Wrongful Convictions

Yesterday I read an op-ed in the Cleveland newspaper where the head of the Innocence Project of Ohio, Mar ...

Yesterday I read an op-ed in the Cleveland newspaper where the head of the Innocence Project of Ohio, Mark Godsey, praised the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor for an exoneration. Mr. Godsey credits the pro ...

March 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Innocent Until Proven Guilty?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 13, 2018
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Commentary: Innocent Until Proven Guilty?

One of the hallmarks of our legal system is the presumption of innocence that supposedly underlies it. T ...

One of the hallmarks of our legal system is the presumption of innocence that supposedly underlies it. The key tenet in our system is supposed to be that a defendant is presumed innocent until the pr ...

February 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

In the summer of 2009, the Vanguard still only a few years old, I got a call from a family to come out an ...

In the summer of 2009, the Vanguard still only a few years old, I got a call from a family to come out and meet with them at their home in Carmichael. Little did I realize at the time that this was o ...

February 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My First Night on Death Row as an Innocent Man

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 30, 2018
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My First Night on Death Row as an Innocent Man

By Anthony Graves Anthony Graves was convicted in 1994 for killing six people in 1992. He was exonerated ...

By Anthony Graves Anthony Graves was convicted in 1994 for killing six people in 1992. He was exonerated in 2010 after having served 18 and a half years in prison, 16 of which were spent in solitary c ...

January 30, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 29, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself

There was an interesting article in The Nation Magazine last week entitled: “Why Does Our Justice System ...

There was an interesting article in The Nation Magazine last week entitled: “Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars?” The article focused on the work of Mark Go ...

January 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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For Exonerees, Getting Released Is Only the First Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2018
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For Exonerees, Getting Released Is Only the First Struggle

Exonerated Inmates Receive No Services and Often Face Health, Mental, Educational, and Financial Hardship ...

Exonerated Inmates Receive No Services and Often Face Health, Mental, Educational, and Financial Hardships Upon Release It was billed as one of the largest gatherings of exonerated inmates, mobilized ...

January 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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30,000 Tainted Convictions, One Path Forward

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 09, 2018
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30,000 Tainted Convictions, One Path Forward

By Matthew Segal and Daniel Marx As long as Donald Trump is president, American criminal justice reform m ...

By Matthew Segal and Daniel Marx As long as Donald Trump is president, American criminal justice reform may depend on the states. So it’s significant that in one state, Massachusetts, a national model ...

January 09, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Promise and Failure of Conviction Integrity Units

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Promise and Failure of Conviction Integrity Units

Recently I sat down with the mother of a man convicted in Yolo County of a crime – she believes he is inn ...

Recently I sat down with the mother of a man convicted in Yolo County of a crime – she believes he is innocent and, having followed the trial and read through their evidence, I believe they at the ver ...

December 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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